Patches · No. 169 · Wednesday edition
LinkedIn Patches #169 Answer (Sep 2, 2026)
Hint: Place the large numbered patches first — they have the fewest ways to fit.
Show Patches #169 answer as text
- Patch 1: R1C1–R2C2 (4 cells)
- Patch 2: R1C3–R2C5 (6 cells)
- Patch 3: R3C1–R3C5 (5 cells)
- Patch 4: R1C6–R6C6 (6 cells)
- Patch 5: R4C1–R6C1 (3 cells)
- Patch 6: R4C2–R6C3 (6 cells)
- Patch 7: R4C4–R6C4 (3 cells)
- Patch 8: R4C5–R6C5 (3 cells)
About Patches #169
- Patches #169 splits a 6×6 grid into 8 patches.
- Clue shapes: 1 square, 1 wide, 2 tall, 4 free-form.
- 4 clues show no size, so those patches can be any area.
- It has 8 patches, fewer than the average of 9.4 across the previous 7 puzzles.
- Each patch is one rectangle holding exactly one clue, with the clue's shape and, where a number is shown, exactly that many squares.
- Only one free-form rectangle of 6 squares fits inside the grid around the free-form 6 clue at R3C6 without taking in another clue, so its patch must be the 6×1 block from R1C6 to R6C6.
- Square R1C1 can only be reached by the square clue with no number at R1C2, so it belongs to that patch, and the only rectangle for that clue that includes it is the 2×2 block from R1C1 to R2C2.